I used to work in a Rock concert venue, and been going to shows since the early '70s, so I've seen hundreds of acts from Public Enemy to The Police, Bob Marley to Bob Seger, The Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello, Simon and Garfunkel, The Specials, George Thorogood, Joe Jackson, The English Beat, The Clash, ELO, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, on and on and on.

I don't have a favorite. My tastes are pretty eclectic when I give them a chance.

Lucian pigeon-holed the letter solemnly in the receptacle lettered 'Barbarians.' ~ The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen

Favourites must be some by Current 93 in 2006 and 2008 at Die Volksbühne in Berlin.

You win. How was it?

They played consecutive nights; the second night each time was absolutely stellar. Big band, but especially in 2006 they seemed like a perfect unit with an excellent setlist. Alas, the setlist of the first night (where Cashmore joined Tibet for the encore) is the only one I've got.

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Popcorn intro
Judas As Black Moth
Time Of The Last Persecution
Mockingbird
Alone
Black Flowers Please
Sunset (The Death Of Thumbelina)
Black Ships Ate the Sky
Good Morning Great Moloch
Larkspur And Lazarus
Niemandswasser
A Sadness Song
Black Ships Were Sinking Into Idumea
Anti-Christ And Barcodes
Calling For Vanished Faces II
The Bloodbells Chime
Bind Your Tortoise Mouth
Mary Waits In Silence
All This World Makes Great Blood
In The Heart Of The Woods
Walking Like Shadow
So This Empire Is Nothing

Saw them on the same tour in Belgium, second night was brilliant, but Berlin was the true highlight. In spite of my bad conscience of not exactly delivering a brilliant paper for my 5-day exam two days after the last show... Simply two electrifying concerts.

Sets in 2008 were vastly different with Birth Canal Blues being the centrepiece - but that's one of my favourites anyway.

Of the 12 times I've seen them, only two have been disappointing; both at the HMV Forum in 2010, but that more due to a backing sanger who didn't seem to know her role and wasn't really up to par.

Gira is visiting Copenhagen again? Thanks, I would've missed that if you hadn't mentioned it.

His solo concerts are always great, very intense. I believe I've heard him four or five times. Definitely one of the best artists I've had the pleasure of hearing live.

But Bowie is the greatest artist I've ever heard or seen on a stage. And I've been graced to be among his audience twice - 1996 and 2003.

Jazzhouse on the 8th of April, the day after Basinski.

I've enjoyed his solo shows a lot. Actually more than Swans, whose later material I find to be hard to get into; feels like it's been done before by others, but I know I'm in the minority here.

I saw Bowie in 2003 as well. Wonderful concerts, though I can't say I've ever had an intense relationship to his work, in spite of me liking a lot of his albums very much. I remember "Slip Away" from Heathen as particularly moving that night.

Kraftwerk-London 1980 (amazing visuals for the time, perfect sound and they really seemed to enjoy it, grooving around on stage and having fun).

Nurse With Wound- San Francisco 2009. We had only found out about it two days before and sprinted from a family meal to get there just in time. Once again, amazing simple visuals and a slow drift/loop.

Throbbing Gristle - London 2009 (a good year for gigs I notice!). I had seen them before in the very olden days and am wary about seeing bands you liked then 'revived', but I found the first night surprisingly poignant in its delivery and once again the whole group seemed on good form.

I see far less nowadays. Bands like Nick Cave (I saw the Birthday Party way back when- they seemed full of themselves but very dynamic), are just too expensive but there is a good weird music scene here and I see Zoviet France whenever I can. There are always some beautiful moments in them - they once gave the audience a speaker to pass around near the end of one gig, just gently pulsing with sound. It was handled like a chalice. That was a good moment. You just can't get that watching youtube clips...